Program won't install in Windows XP.

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Bogart - 07 Jun 2008 03:42 GMT

I bought a Game for my Niece called PhotoMaxine for Girls. By Polaroid. It
was designed for Windows 95. When I attempted to install it in Windows XP I
got this error message. PhotoMaxine is not compatible with Windows NT. Now
I have software and games on my Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Laptop
that were designed for Windows 3.1 and 95 that work fine without anyt issues.
Is there a way to fool the installation program into thinking I have windows
95 on my system? Just so I can install it. I feel that if I were able to
get past the istallation issue the software would work.

Thanks

Bogart

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Katy Pluta - 07 Jun 2008 19:09 GMT

>I bought a Game for my Niece called PhotoMaxine for Girls. By Polaroid. It
>was designed for Windows 95. When I attempted to install it in Windows XP I
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>Bogart

Explore the CD and run the setup program in compatibility mode
(right-click on the file and choose properties) Does that help? You
may have to do the same on the game exe after installation...

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Bogart - 09 Jun 2008 04:11 GMT

Thanks,

That trick worked.

Bogart

>>I bought a Game for my Niece called PhotoMaxine for Girls. By Polaroid. It
>>was designed for Windows 95. When I attempted to install it in Windows XP I
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>(right-click on the file and choose properties) Does that help? You
>may have to do the same on the game exe after installation...

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